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Loose Queen in Package rate?
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Heather Stertzer <[log in to unmask]>
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Wed, 3 May 2017 11:14:00 -0400
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What would be an acceptable rate of loose (possibly virgin) Queens being shook into packages during package production of a few hundred? 

I have seen it from 0% to 1.5% with bulk package orders. Usually noted by absconding bees while leaving the caged queen (validated by finding the queen in the cluster after they left the hive and are in their temporary location) and/or dead caged queen with a laying queen located in the hive.

Preferably, I would like 0%, but I am sure there is a margin of error of a small bit.

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